"Some say “This is not the day to discuss that.” But this is absolutely the day to discuss it. The simple truth is, we did not respond to evil with wisdom. We responded to evil with stupidity, negligence, and - if the truth be told - some evil of our own." mariannewilliamson.substack.…
I don’t mean to be disrespectful but this has got to stop. Neither the Iraq nor Afghanistan Wars were signs of American leadership; they were military imperialism, and if our leaders won’t say so then we need to say so ourselves.
As time marches forward, it's our responsibility to remember, and to teach, and to listen to the stories of our teammates. We can't know what challenges the next 20 years will bring, but we do know this: America will always lead. #WeRemember911
I agree that the 2017 $2T tax cut, which gate 83 cents of every $ to the richest among us & to big corporations, also included middle class tax cuts that were good. I would repeal the tax cuts to the very rich and corporations, but keep in the middle class tax cuts.
He didn’t give power to “the people.” He gave power to the very very rich and to corporate interests. A tragic joke that people think he was there for them. I think even he realizes that.
Displacing the insult onto individuals is ridiculous. There are no bigger grifters than the two major political parties; we need to face that in order to fix it.
Republicans have the elitist policies but ironically a more egalitarian relationship to its own constituency. Democrats have more egalitarian policies but an oddly more elitist relationship to its constituency.